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Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI

January 19, 201120 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 19, 2011, 3:03 PM CST for 20 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 20, 2011, 8:00 PM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 2011, 3:03 PM CST (21:03 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 20, 2011, 8:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 21, 2011, 10:00 AM CST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2011-01-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2011-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
898 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

633 
WWUS43 KMKX 192103
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
303 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT...

.BITTERLY COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO SURGE SOUTHWARD FROM SOUTHERN
CANADA ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT...AND ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. BLUSTERY
NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL PULL THE COLD AIR ACROSS
THE REGION.

TEMPERATURES THURSDAY NIGHT WILL DROP TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 15 BELOW
ZERO OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH
BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND
CHILLS FALLING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THESE COLD
WIND CHILLS WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY
HAS BEEN POSTED BEGINNING THURSDAY EVENING...LASTING INTO FRIDAY
MORNING.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-200515-
/O.NEW.KMKX.WC.Y.0001.110121T0200Z-110121T1500Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
303 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THURSDAY TO 9 AM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THURSDAY TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND LINGER INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.
  THESE WINDS AND TUMBLING TEMPERATURES WILL DROP WIND CHILLS TO
  HAZARDOUS LEVELS THURSDAY EVENING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW
  ZERO THURSDAY EVENING...AND LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE TO
  EXPOSED SKIN IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE
  COLD IF VENTURING OUT THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$
MBK
8 follow-up statements
462 
WWUS43 KMKX 200101
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
701 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT...

.BITTERLY COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO SURGE SOUTHWARD FROM SOUTHERN
CANADA INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT...AND THEN ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. BLUSTERY
NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL PULL THE COLD AIR ACROSS
THE REGION.

TEMPERATURES THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WILL DROP TO
BETWEEN ZERO AND 15 BELOW ZERO OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THESE
TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE COLDEST EXPERIENCED SINCE JANUARY 9TH AT
THE BEGINNING OF 2010 CALENDAR YEAR.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-200915-
/O.CON.KMKX.WC.Y.0001.110121T0200Z-110121T1500Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
701 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THURSDAY TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THURSDAY TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND LINGER INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.
  SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS AND TUMBLING
  TEMPERATURES WILL DROP WIND CHILLS TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS THURSDAY
  EVENING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES 
  BELOW ZERO THURSDAY EVENING...AND LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE TO 
  EXPOSED SKIN IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE 
  COLD IF VENTURING OUT THURSDAY NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

KAPELA
017 
WWUS43 KMKX 200341
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
941 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT...

.BITTERLY COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO SURGE SOUTHWARD FROM SOUTHERN
CANADA INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT...AND THEN ACROSS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL PULL THE COLD
AIR ACROSS THE REGION.

TEMPERATURES THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WILL DROP
TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 15 BELOW ZERO OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THESE
TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE COLDEST EXPERIENCED SINCE JANUARY 9TH AT
THE BEGINNING OF 2010 CALENDAR YEAR.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-201145-
/O.CON.KMKX.WC.Y.0001.110121T0200Z-110121T1500Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
941 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THURSDAY TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THURSDAY TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND LINGER INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.
  SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH MPH ARE LIKELY. THESE WINDS AND
  TUMBLING TEMPERATURES WILL DROP WIND CHILLS TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS
  THURSDAY EVENING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES 
  BELOW ZERO THURSDAY EVENING...AND LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE TO
  EXPOSED SKIN IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE
  COLD IF VENTURING OUT THURSDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...DRIFTING OF
  SNOW IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS WILL OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

KAPELA
178 
WWUS43 KMKX 200919
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
319 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...

.AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS WISCONSIN...BRIOSK NORTHWEST
WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO SURGE SOUTHEAST
FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...AND THEN
ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

TEMPERATURES TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WILL DROP TO
BETWEEN ZERO ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN TO 15 BELOW ZERO OVER PORTIONS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE COLDEST
EXPERIENCED SINCE JANUARY 9TH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 2010
CALENDAR YEAR.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-201800-
/O.CON.KMKX.WC.Y.0001.110121T0200Z-110121T1500Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
319 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP 
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND LINGER INTO THURSDAY 
  NIGHT. SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH MPH ARE LIKELY. THESE WINDS 
  AND TUMBLING TEMPERATURES WILL DROP WIND CHILLS TO HAZARDOUS 
  LEVELS THURSDAY EVENING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES 
  BELOW ZERO THURSDAY EVENING...AND LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE TO 
  EXPOSED SKIN IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE 
  COLD IF VENTURING OUT THURSDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...DRIFTING 
  OF SNOW IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS WILL OCCUR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...MAKE SURE YOU 
WEAR HAT AND GLOVES...ALONG WITH COLD WEATHER CLOTHING.

&&

$$

HENTZ
425 
WWUS43 KMKX 201500
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
900 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...

.AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS WISCONSIN...BRISK NORTHWEST
WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO SURGE SOUTHEAST FROM
THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...AND THEN ACROSS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

TEMPERATURES TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WILL DROP TO
JUST BELOW ZERO ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN...TO AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL BE
THE COLDEST EXPERIENCED SINCE JANUARY 9TH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
2010 CALENDAR YEAR. THE WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
BRING BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-202300-
/O.CON.KMKX.WC.Y.0001.110121T0200Z-110121T1500Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
900 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
  SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH MPH ARE LIKELY. THESE WINDS AND
  TUMBLING TEMPERATURES WILL DROP WIND CHILLS TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS
  DURING THIS TIME.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW
  ZERO THIS EVENING...AND LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE TO
  EXPOSED SKIN IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE
  COLD IF VENTURING OUT TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...DRIFTING OF SNOW
  IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS WILL OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...MAKE SURE YOU
WEAR HAT AND GLOVES...ALONG WITH COLD WEATHER CLOTHING.

&&

$$
WOOD
483 
WWUS43 KMKX 201631 AAA
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1031 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...

.AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS WISCONSIN...BRISK NORTHWEST
WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO SURGE SOUTHEAST FROM
THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...AND THEN ACROSS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

TEMPERATURES TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WILL DROP TO JUST
BELOW ZERO ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN...TO AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL BE
THE COLDEST EXPERIENCED SINCE JANUARY 9TH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
2010 CALENDAR YEAR. THE WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
BRING BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-210045-
/O.CON.KMKX.WC.Y.0001.110121T0200Z-110121T1500Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
1031 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
  SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH ARE LIKELY. THESE WINDS AND TUMBLING
  TEMPERATURES WILL DROP WIND CHILLS TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS DURING
  THIS TIME.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES 
  BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...AND LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE TO 
  EXPOSED SKIN IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE 
  COLD IF VENTURING OUT TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...DRIFTING OF SNOW 
  IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS WILL OCCUR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...MAKE SURE YOU
WEAR HAT AND GLOVES...ALONG WITH COLD WEATHER CLOTHING.

&&

$$
UPDATED TO CORRECT A TYPO IN TIMING PARAGRAPH

WOOD
039 
WWUS43 KMKX 202119
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
319 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...

.AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS WISCONSIN...BRISK NORTHWEST
WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO SURGE SOUTHEAST FROM
MINNESOTA INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT.

TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WILL DROP TO NEAR 5
BELOW ZERO ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN...TO 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL BE
THE COLDEST SINCE JANUARY 9TH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 2010 CALENDAR
YEAR. THE WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BRING BITTER COLD
WIND CHILLS.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-210530-
/O.CON.KMKX.WC.Y.0001.110121T0200Z-110121T1500Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
319 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL PREVAIL
  THIS EVENING AND SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT. THESE
  WINDS AND TUMBLING TEMPERATURES WILL DROP WIND CHILLS TO
  HAZARDOUS LEVELS DURING THIS TIME.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL FALL TO 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO THIS
  EVENING...AND LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE TO 
  EXPOSED SKIN IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE 
  COLD IF VENTURING OUT TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...DRIFTING OF SNOW 
  IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS WILL OCCUR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...MAKE SURE YOU
WEAR HAT AND GLOVES...ALONG WITH COLD WEATHER CLOTHING.

&&

$$
GEHRING/WOOD
930 
WWUS43 KMKX 210206
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
806 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...

.BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD AIR BEHIND A COLD FRONT
WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT.

TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WILL DROP TO NEAR
5 BELOW ZERO ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN...TO 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WINDS AND VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL BRING BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-211015-
/O.CON.KMKX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110121T1500Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
806 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL SLOWLY
  DECREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT. THESE WINDS AND TUMBLING
  TEMPERATURES WILL DROP WIND CHILLS TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS DURING
  THIS TIME.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL FALL TO 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE
  TONIGHT...AND LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE TO
  EXPOSED SKIN IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE
  COLD IF VENTURING OUT TONIGHT OR EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...MAKE SURE YOU
WEAR HAT AND GLOVES...ALONG WITH COLD WEATHER CLOTHING.

&&

$$

REM
563 
WWUS43 KMKX 210930
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
330 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING...

.BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE BROUGHT BITTERLY COLD AIR ACROSS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT.

THE WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BRING BITTER COLD WIND
CHILLS. AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MOVES
ACROSS WISCONSIN...THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY AFTERNOON.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-211600-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110121T1600Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
330 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP
  WIND CHILLS TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS THROUGH 10 AM ACROSS.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL RANGE FROM 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO
  THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE TO 
  EXPOSED SKIN IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE 
  COLD IF VENTURING OUT TONIGHT OR EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...MAKE SURE YOU
WEAR HAT AND GLOVES...ALONG WITH COLD WEATHER CLOTHING.

&&

$$

HENTZ

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Jan 19, 2:40 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 2:40 PM CST, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
240 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

.VERY SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT AND THURSDAY/

AREA OF LOW CLOUDS AND FLURRIES/VERY LIGHT SNOW GRADUALLY SHIFTING
EAST OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...MORE BROKEN
WITH SOME OVERCAST CLOUDS FILLING IN CLEAR AREAS ACROSS WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS MOST LIKELY FROM CU RULE VALUES
OF -1 TO -2 WITH PEAK HEATING. EXPECT THESE CLOUDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE AREA UNTIL AROUND 22Z WEDNESDAY...NEAR SUNSET. THESE
CLOUDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH INTO THE EVENING ACROSS THE AREA.

MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO THE AREA
FROM THE WEST TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...AS AREA REMAINS ON FAR
NORTHERN EDGE OF SYSTEM PASSING BY TO THE SOUTH. LIGHT WINDS WITH
AXIS OF HIGH PRESSURE EXPECTED AS WELL. LEANED TOWARD COOLER GFS MOS
GUIDANCE FOR TONIGHT...WITH SCATTERED TO BROKEN MID TO HIGH CLOUDS
AND LIGHT WINDS AND SOLID SNOWPACK.

STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH/VORTICITY MAXIMUM WILL DIG SOUTHEAST THROUGH
THE UPPER MIDWEST ON THURSDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL COMBINE WITH
INCREASING MOISTURE TO BRING MORE LOW CLOUDS TO THE AREA DURING THE
AFTERNOON. STEEP LOW TO MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ON AREA FORECAST
SOUNDINGS THURSDAY AFTERNOON SEEN...WITH GOOD LOW TO MID LEVEL Q
VECTOR CONVERGENCE AND DIFFERENTIAL CYCLONIC VORTICITY ADVECTION.
BUMPED UP POPS TO CHANCE CATEGORY FOR SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.

HIGHS SHOULD OCCUR IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN IN THE TEENS
WITH CLOUDS BUILDING BACK INTO THE AREA. STRONG COLD FRONT WILL
SHIFT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH BRISK
NORTHWEST WINDS IN ITS WAKE. STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL ENSUE AS
WELL...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BY LATE AFTERNOON.

.SHORT TERM.../THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/

INITIAL EMPHASIS ON SURGE OF COLD AIR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AND
WIND CHILLS.  FOCUS SHIFTS TO SMALL THREAT OF -SN IN WRN PORTIONS ON
FRI AND REGIONWIDE ON FRI NGT.

LAYER Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE ASSOCD WITH STRONG BUT FAST MOVING SHORT
WAVE TROUGH RAPIDLY EXITS ERN WI EARLY THU EVENING.  COLUMN QUICKLY
DRIES OUT...SO WL RESTRICT SMALL POPS TO FAR ERN CWA AND NEARSHORE
AREAS...WITH FLURRIES FARTHER INLAND ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST.

COLD AIR WITH 85H TEMPS OF -20 TO -25 LOCATED OVER SRN SASK AND
ALBERTA...POISED TO PUSH ACROSS NRN PLAINS INTO WI BEHIND THU
VIGOROUS COLD FRONT.  LINGERING COLD AIR ADVECTION AND STEEP LOW
LEVEL LAPSE RATES ALONG WITH ISOLLABARIC COMPONENT WL RESULT IN
BLUSTERY WINDS FOR A TIME THU NGT AS 85H TEMPS FALL TO BETWEEN 20
AND 24 BLO OVR SRN WI. TEMPS EXPECTED TO FALL TO NEAR OR BLO ZERO
OVER CWA WITH WEST COLDEST DUE TO LIGHTER WINDS LATE THU NGT AS
RIDGE AXIS APPROACHES. HIGH CLOUDS FROM NEXT SYSTEM MAY SLOW TEMP
FALL LATE IN THIS AREA. THESE CONDITIONS WL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS
FALLING TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT.  SHORT TERM
GUIDANCE HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN SHOWING THESE CONDITIONS...AND THEY
ARE OCCURRING UPSTREAM.  HENCE WL POST WIND CHILL ADVY FOR MOST OF
THU NGT INTO FRI MRNG.

TEMP RECOVERY WL BE MINIMAL ON FRI DUE TO LINGERING COLD NORTHWEST
WINDS AND THERMAL TROF.  LAST SEVERAL NAM RUNS SHOWING HIGHER
AMPLITUDE SHORT WAVE TROUGH DEVELOPING ALONG BAROCLINIC ZONE JUST
WEST OF WI ON FRI AND PASSING TO THE SOUTHWEST FRI NGT.  GFS MOST
AGGRESSIVE ON ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE AND QPF SPREADING INTO SRN WI ON
FRI.  EVEN 280 THETA SFC FROM NAM SHOW CONDENSATION PRESSURE
DEFICITS LOWERING TO 20MB DURING THE AFTN IN THE WEST.  HPC THINKING
GFS MORE IN LINE WITH OTHER ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE...SO WL ADD POPS TO
WRN CWA FRI AFTN...AND SPREAD LOW POPS OVER MORE OF SRN WI FRI NGT.

.LONG TERM.../SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/

COLD...BELOW NORMAL...WEATHER IS HERE TO STAY...MOST LIKELY THROUGH
THE END OF THE MONTH.  GFS 5 DAY 500H ANOMOLIES SHOW LARGE POSITIVE
ANOMOLY OF OVER 200M OVER ERN PAC AND GULF OF AK EARLY IN THE PERIOD
EXPANDING NWD ACROSS WRN CAN INTO THE NW TERRITORIES THROUGH NEXT
WEEKEND.  THIS RESULTS IN PERSISTENT BROADSCALE LONG WAVE TROFFING
OVER ERN NOAM AND BLO NORMAL HEIGHTS.  THIS PATTERN WL KEEP DEEPER
MOISTURE BOTTLED UP WELL TO THE SOUTH WITH OCNL WEAKER DISTURBANCES
RIDING NORTHWEST FLOW BRINGING PERIODS OF LIGHT DRY SNOW TO SRN WI.

TO THE SPECIFICS...AGREEMENT IN EXTENDED GUIDANCE ON WEAK LOW
PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GTLAKES SAT NGT AND SUN WITH WEAK
LOW LEVEL TROF LINGERING OVER NRN LK MI INTO NRN WI AND UPPER MI.
ANY -SN WITH THIS SYSTEM WOULD REMAIN TO THE NORTHEAST AND LOW LEVEL
FLOW WOULD REMAIN NW ELIMINATING LAKE EFFECT.

LATER IN THE WEEKEND...GFS COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH ECMWF
ON COLD...DRY NORTHWEST FLOW PERSISTING AS SFC TROF WEAKENS OVER
CENTRAL GTLAKES.  EARLIER RUNS OF GFS HAD BEEN SHOWING LAKE EFFECT
THREAT ON SUNDAY...BUT NOW APPEARS LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WL BE
SPREADING INTO UPPER MIDWEST OVER WEEKEND AND PASSING ACRS WI SUN
AND SUN NGT.  WL NEED TO WATCH SMALL LAKE EFFECT THREAT ON SUNDAY AS
LOW LEVEL WINDS COULD TURN ONSHORE FOR A TIME. FOR NOW...TOO SMALL A
THREAT TO INCLUDE IN NEW FORECAST.  GEM OUTLIER ON LOW PRESSURE
CROSSING IA INTO NRN IL AND LM LATER SAT NGT AND SUN.

ECMWF AND UKMT IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING
SOUTHEAST FROM SOUTHERN CANADA INTO UPPER MIDWEST AND WRN GTLAKES
SOMETIME MON INTO TUE...RESULTING IN A -SN THREAT.  12Z GFS NOW IN
AGREEMENT WITH THIS SOLUTION...WHILE GEM CONTINUES TO HAVE ISSUES.
BROAD AGREEMENT BETWEEN MOST OF THE GUIDANCE...SO WL CONTINUE LOW
POPS FOR -SN DURING MON INTO TUE. EXTENDED GUIDANCE EXPCD TO
CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUES WITH TIMING AND AVAILABLE MOISTURE WITH WEAK
WAVES CAUGHT IN COLD NORTHWEST FLOW NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...SOME MVFR TO VFR CLOUDS MAY LINGER ACROSS TAF SITES INTO
THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. HIGH CLOUDS WILL THEN
GRADUALLY MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. AXIS OF HIGH
PRESSURE IN THE AREA WILL KEEP WINDS LIGHT THROUGH TONIGHT.

COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST ACROSS TAF SITES THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED BEHIND IT. WIND
SHIFT SHOULD REACH KMSN BY 21Z THURSDAY...AND THE EASTERN SITES
BETWEEN 22Z THURSDAY AND 00Z FRIDAY. GUSTS UP TO 25 KNOTS POSSIBLE
AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE.

STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING TOWARD THE AREA THURSDAY
AFTERNOON SHOULD BRING MVFR CEILINGS TO TAF SITES. SCATTERED LIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT WILL NOT MENTION IN TAFS FOR NOW DUE
TO LOWER CONFIDENCE.

&&

.MARINE...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY...AS A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPS ACROSS THE NEARSHORE
WATERS. THIS IS IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT...BETWEEN LOW
PRESSURE OVER EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE
EASTERN DAKOTAS. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS TO
30 KNOTS...ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THESE WINDS WILL GENERATE HIGH
WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET...MAINLY TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS.

&&

.CONFIDENCE...
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...MEDIUM.
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...HIGH.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY...MEDIUM.
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...MEDIUM.
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...LOW TO MEDIUM.

&&

.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072 02Z/21
     TO 15Z/21.
LM...NONE.
&&
VERY SHORT TERM........WOOD
SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...MBK
AVIATION/MARINE........WOOD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 19, 3:45 AM CST, 11 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
345 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-200945-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
345 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WIND CHILL VALUES ARE FORECAST TO DROP TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AS AN ARCTIC AIR MASS BRIEFLY
INVADES THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS WEEK.

LMZ643>646-200945-
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
345 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY AN ARCTIC AIR MASS THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

HENTZ

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.